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August 31
- Pinotti bags Tour of Ireland victory
- Duggan makes racing return in US time trial
- Hamilton moves on with national title
- Katusha's Tinkov confirms sprinter McEwen and other big names
- Lehikoinen looks towards next season
- Saxo Bank to ride Specialized in 2009
- It's Miller's time
- De Jongh eyeing Worlds
- Sastre sees a strong Valverde
- CSC-Saxo Bank signs Bellis
- Martínez: Nothing ventured, nothing gained
- US Pro Championships to return to Greenville
- Kemp repeats in rainy day
- Saxo Bank to ride Specialized in 2009
- CSC-Saxo Bank signs Bellis
- Olympic Heroes Celebrated at Salford Nocturne
- Another USPRO podium for Pate, but not the top
- British Columbia Cyclo-cross starting
- It's Miller's time
- Another USPRO podium for Pate, but not the top
- Milram extends, gobbles up Gerolsteiners
- Thiery wins Rüebliland
- Castaño signs with Kec Pro Sport management company
- British Columbia Cyclo-cross starting
- Katusha's Tinkov confirms sprinter McEwen and other big names
- Hamilton moves on with national title
- Castaño signs with Kec Pro Sport management company
August 30
- Demol leaves Quick Step for Astana
- Tired Menchov out of Deutschland Tour
- Zabriskie defends time trial crown
- Colorado team needs cat 3's
- Successful comeback for Gerdemann
- Downing takes over Cavendish show
- Successful comeback for Gerdemann
- Tired Menchov out of Deutschland Tour
- Pozzato takes the lead on dicey opening stage
- Zabriskie defends time trial crown
- No more national team for Klöden
- Caucchioli keeps going in 2009 and D-Tour
- No more national team for Klöden
- Pozzato takes the lead on dicey opening stage
- Downing takes over Cavendish show
- Demol leaves Quick Step for Astana
- Caucchioli keeps going in 2009 and D-Tour
August 29
- Sunderland's Vuelta diary
- Cavendish to race Missouri
- Not wasting any time
- Another year with Cofidis for Duclos-Lassalle
- Team Type 1, Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast for US PRO
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- World hour record holder positive for doping
- Lancaster ends drought in Germany
- Volksbank adds Corratec as sponsor
- Stamsnijder, Garate to Rabobank in 2009
- Doppmann retires
- UCI ProTour re-signs five races
August 28
- Sørensen out of Deutschland Tour with injury
- Pannone Sponsor Salford Nocturne Elite Criterium
- Vuelta to test for CERA, use passports
- Richeze fires back after warning
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- Kohl finds new team
- Olympic Madison champions back home
- Sánchez ranks Olympic gold above all
- Euskaltel will fight for stage wins
- Devolder sticks with Quick Step
- Milram to provide parachute for ex-Gerolsteiners
- State of the Peloton: North America
- Sastre tips Contador for Vuelta glory
- Cavendish takes over sprinters' title
- Milram fielding young team in Vuelta
August 27
- Bernucci with Team Cinelli-OPD
- In the Beijing pits
- River's Edge to host US Southeast Marathon Championships
- Canberra World Cup should be showcase for Aussie riders
- Cavendish back to winning in Ireland
- Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå forced to pass on Canberra
- Renshaw to become Cavendish's lead out man at Columbia
- TransWales ends with closest GC battles in its history
- Cordero: "The Vuelta will be the Tour"
- Team Gerolsteiner to dissolve at year-end
- Olano: Sastre and Contador are favourites
- A late start and a new beginning; The Barbara Howe diary
- Cervélo forms TestTeam, part ways with CSC
- Ciolek: Columbia or Milram?
- Tinkoff looks for Vuelta stage wins
- North American peloton in flux
- State of the Peloton: North America
- Tour of the White Mountains opens new trails for 2008
- Ullrich still waiting
- Greipel happy with Eneco
- Inaugural Nelson's Creek MTB Festival set for Sep 13/14
- Inside Canberra's grueling course
- Future Publishing Australia seeks Online Sales Manager
- Absalon repeats while Spitz completes dream ride in Beijing
- Gutierrez sprints sans saddle to Eneco Tour win
- National Ultra Endurance Series stops in Virginia
- Equal prizes at Planet Bike Cup
- Astana looks for a strong helper Klöden in the Vuelta
- First Zaugg, now Oss and Guarnieri for Liquigas
- Evans stays with Silence-Lotto
- Baldato bows out on low-note
- Quick Step targets the Vuelta
August 26
- Popovych can exact revenge at the Vuelta
- D-Tour: Something for everyone
- Gerdemann doesn't see himself as D-Tour favourite
- New sponsor for Karpin-Galicia in Vuelta lead-up
- Litu Gómez heads to Deutschland Tour with confidence
- Leipheimer to address Hall of Fame audience
- Di Luca on Worlds hunt
- Martin leads Irish challenge in Tour of Ireland
- Britons invited to beat Hoy
- Boasson Hagen makes amends
- Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's track revolution
- Teams converge on Spain for final Grand Tour of 2008
- Zaugg to Liquigas
- Netherlands positive after Tour inspection
- Rene Mandri back in action
- Basso concludes training vacation
- Team line-ups for Deutschland Tour
- Gerolsteiner to the Vuelta
August 25
- Cavendish leads Ireland charge
- Team Type 1 ready to contest Irish Tour
- Contador focused on Spanish glory
- Kreuziger and Vande Velde at Tour of Missouri
- Westphal: A surprised surprise winner
- Caisse for Deutschland Tour
- Fédrigo is Plouay's new hero
- Germans announce long Worlds list
- Leukemans eligible to ride again
- Inaugural bike race in US capital
- Lund gets CSC-Saxo Bank extension
- Another Russian win for William Tell
- Rohregger: staying or going?
- Valverde to lead Caisse d'Epargne
August 24
- CPA calls for unpaid wage action
- Regio Tour ends in tight battle
- Boonen ready to take on La Vuelta
- Tinkoff ready to close out season in style
- Drought is over for Niermann
- John Doe v. USADA lawsuit dismissed
- French stars race to cycling's heartland
- Astana revs its engines in Spain
- Elijzen out with cut knee
- Sponsor Bissell takes over team ownership
- USA Cycling supports art from recycled bike parts
- Dekker feels damaged
- Vuelta a Venezuela with coastal kick-off
- Martens hoping for Worlds
- Regio Tour has support from the racers
- Ardila Cano wins mountains classification at Regio Tour
- Worrack and Nürnberger dominate in Albstadt
August 23
- Volunteers scramble to chaperone Regio Tour doping controls
- MTB wraps up Olympic cycling events
- Llaneras to fly Spanish flag at closing ceremonies
- Cars trouble the pro peloton
- French stars race to cycling's heartland
- Bennati takes over in Benelux
- Klöden to skip national tour
- Wegelius to Silence-Lotto?
August 22
- Judges overturn Paolini's win in Regio Tour
- Liquigas, Lampre and Milram for Trofeo Melinda, Plouay
- Airline tragedy strikes cycling world
- British champ to lead team at Tour of Britain
- Can Cantele make it three?
- Greipel racks up win number ten
- Hinault has a good ride in Limousin
- Rise of the British Track Empire
August 21
- New team for Sastre and Gerolsteiners?
- Australia's BMX team unlucky in Beijing
- Tour of Ireland set for second edition
- Reus hoping to return in 2009
- 25th Chris Thater Memorial next stop for USA Crits
- Davis joins Quick Step in September
- Olympic mountain bikers to take on tougher course
- ProTour: Bouncing back or lame duck?
- World Champion Sauser readies for the Olympics
- Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team signs Reijnen
- Karpin-Galicia becomes Xacebeo
- Dornbusch leaves national women's team for Equipe Nürnberger
- Line-ups for upcoming races
- Vandenbergh confirmed to Katusha
- Gates to retire, start youth foundation
- Cummings escapes to win in Italy
- Efimkin out of Vuelta
August 20
- Ötztal Vertical Hunt tries new format
- Women's racing clinics successful in Portland
- Vandenbergh to Katusha?
- Surgery for optimistic Terpstra
- Gutiérrez wins Eneco Tour prologue
- Jeep 48STRAIGHT season kicks off
- Sonye wins motions against Leogrande lawsuit
- Evans out of Vuelta
- AG2R La Mondiale for Grand Prix Ouest-France Plouay
- Clarke threatens Murray Tour upset
- Children learn geography through cycling
- Equipe Nürnberger in weekend races
- Valley Preferred Cycling Center to host season finale
- Opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime Olympic-style experience
- Lacondeguy wins Kokanee Crankworx Slopestyle with double back flip
- Rain causes Olympic schedule changes
- CTC & IMBA team for UK National Mountain Bike Conference
- Mary McConneloug: Keeping the balance
- Brisbane gets eight-hour race
- New race to Catskills
- Bishop and Stevenson set Georgia on fire
- Roche signs with AG2R La Mondiale
- Hectic travels for Jennings
- Kamloops race to offer equal payouts for both sexes
- Deho and Cattaneot win TransRockies
- Mountain Cross racing goes indoors
- BikeNZ road coach to return to native Canada
August 19
- Weylandt hit by car in Spain
- Olympic heroes to appear at Salford Nocturne
- Pendelton claims gold as Meares caps a successful come-back
- Regio Tour with another wet presentation
- Duggan back on the road
- Roche gets big win in Limousin
- Argentina lands knockout blow early
- Sprints and Classics
- Sastre focused on tasks ahead
- Zubeldia thanks team and fans
- BMX awaits Olympic destiny
- Zabel to skip Deutschland Tour in favour of Vuelta
- No Vuelta defence for Menchov
- Rich prefers car
August 18
- Sánchez honoured in Basque country
- Skil-Shimano chasing Dutch talent
- Sprint finals set
- Star Crossed – nightime cyclo-cross opens North American Cyclocross Trophy
- Bronzed Roulston aiming for more Beijing glory
- Regio Tour back to its roots
- USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Standings
- UCI names World Championship numbers
- Euskaltel Euskadi re-signs Astarloza
- Stapleton analyses UCI world calendar announcement
- Kohl considering "five or six" offers
- UCI won't introduce life bans…yet
- Evans to lead Silence-Lotto at Vuelta
- Britain's Aussie track mastermind feels for home squad
- New doping test proposed for Deutschland Tour
- Riders coming, going and staying put
August 17
- Feedback given to UCI world cycling calendar announcement
- Vos adds another title to impressive palmarès
- Pucinskaite reflects on her Olympics
- Columbia dominates Route de France
- World and Olympic track records broken in Beijing
- Romero and Houvenaghel continue Britain's Olympic track success
- Bayley unsure of cycling future
- Great Britain's team pursuit with gold and world record ride
- Bahati and Miller new US Pro crit champs
- US national racing calendar problems persist
- Louder takes Utah by one-second
- Terpstra out with two broken arms
- Hayles out for revenge at Salford Nocturne
- UCI announces launch of 'world calendar'
- Zubeldia to Astana
- Teams announce line-ups for the week
August 16
- Nydam already on the road to recovery
- Vacansoleil replaces Rabobank as Dekker ride sponsor
- Liquigas ready with strong trio for Trittico Lombardo
- New York to host traffic-free Bike MS
- More medals for Britain on the track
- Climbers get their day on Mount Washington
- CSF Group-Navigare for Trittico Lombardo and Melinda
- Spain steps up to the top of the Olympic podium on the track
- Hoy unstoppable in keirin
August 15
- Glen Chadwick's Olympic experience
- Devolder takes Belgian title
- Speed and skiil at US profesional crit nationals
- Danish track turnaround
- British rise to the challenge in opening session
- Germany gets its medal
- Toyota team still searching for title sponsor
August 14
- Nydam season cut short
- Dekker and Rabobank call it quits
- Garmin-Chipotle starts Utah in yellow
- Tour of Britain unveils Scottish stage
- British team win team sprint
- Spanish federation questions Leipheimer's bronze
- Stevenson and Passant finish first in unsupported Colorado race
- Team sprint rivalries add fire to track opener
- Board talk: A preview of the Olympic track events
- Barnes and Gaskell win in mid-Wales
- Italians maintain lead mid-way through TransRockies
- Fool's Gold continues NUE Series this weekend
- Germans count on track riders for medals
- Dekker looking to next season
- Gerdemann "not favourite" for Deutschland Tour
- Trek's best trail bike yet
- Nature Valley GP on TV this week-end
- Moreno questioned by police
- Page to host Wisconsin 'cross clinic
- Bajadali scores in Pyrenees
- Stats: Armstrong's medal 900th American gold at Olympics
- Mechanics support US Teams abroad
- Juarez to National Mountain Bike Oktoberfest
- Mike Friedman: A Beijing Meatball
- 4Xers ready for next British rounds
- American MTB Classic draws top talent
- Durango to hold trails fundraiser
- German race excludes CSF Navigare
August 13
- Armstrong shows fitness in Leadville
- Magic potion: Avid Elixir CR
- Charlottesville to host omnium
- Thomas Dekker linked to Garmin-Chipotle
- Lakata and Starr win French Tour VTT
- Kenyans tackle L'Alpe d'Huez
- Schumacher looking to London Olympics
- American President previews Olympic MTB Course
- Gerdemann captures overall win in Tour de L'Ain
- New Essex venue confirmed for the London 2012 Games
- Boogerd leaves Rabobank for good
- Klöden still deciding whether to race German or Spanish tour
- Nibali takes a break before heading to Missouri
- Näf extends with the Multivan Merida
- Trek & 23 Degrees partner for new team in 2009
- Climbers ready for Utah hit-out
- 24 Hours of Landahl cancelled
- Longo narrowly misses medal
- Eddie & Namrita O'Dea Diary: Busy as ever
- Ivano Fanini blasts those behind Riccò and Sella
- IOC permits UCI to screen blood at Olympics
- Evans reveals ruptured knee ligament
- Univest Grand Prix and Cyclosportif coming up in September
- Everything comes together for Cancellara
- Irish racer dies during club event
August 12
- McGee ready for fourth and last Olympics
- Sireau: Britons won't match Worlds effort
- McQuaid blasts Spanish officials
- Firing for French gold
- Gasparotto aiming for Worlds selection
- Ladagnous back for Olympic target
- USA unmasks strong track squad
- Cancellara and Armstrong fastest along Great Wall
- Tour of Colorado series in final round
- Kupfernagel disappointed
- USA may only get six Worlds spots
- No "three-peat" for Voigt?
- Wood's family to miss Olympic curtain call?
August 11
- Sastre gets top Vuelta honour
- O'Donnell wants 2012 Olympic Games slot
- The clock is ticking
- Decanio answers Leogrande lawsuit
- Vasseur: Tour payments, Casper's case and team size
- CSF Group-Navigare to ride with Zen in '09
- Vos ready for time trial
- Gilbert wins Belgian derny criterium
- Track tumble eliminates Dutch coach
- The clock is ticking
- Kohl looking to next season
- Kohl looking to next season
- Gilbert wins Belgian derny criterium
- Cancellara totally focused on TT Gold
- CAS suspends Mayo for two years
- Decanio answers Leogrande lawsuit
- Ng leads Malaysian track dream
- Wrolich in stitches
- CAS suspends Mayo for two years
- Wrolich in stitches
- Spain talks tough after Olympic embarrassment
- Vasseur: Tour payments, Casper's case and team size
- Vos ready for time trial
- Cancellara totally focused on TT Gold
August 10
- Cancellara surprised with bronze
- Favourites miss the move
- Wegmann "the last one left"
- Kupfernagel: Time on trial in gold rush
- Di Rocco pleased with Team Italy's medals
- Geslin to Française des Jeux
- Spain's Moreno becomes 2008 Games' first doping case
- Bertagnolli hits back at Fanini's Ferrari accusations
- Storms can't stop Cooke's single-minded focus
- Armstrong shows fitness in Leadville
- Rollin sneaks up on a victory
- Kleinmann takes Holland Hills Classic
- Cycling out of Olympics?
- Teutenberg powers to prologue win
- No Worlds for Voigt
- Olympians return to Olympic course in Sydney
August 9
- Austrians satisfied
- Aerts "formidable"
- Cooke: heading for the bullseye in Beijing
- Spain asserts its dominance in Beijing
- Too hot for the Germans
- Fans, family upset with lack of access
- Casper named as Tour's fifth positive
- Evans recovered, possible for time trial
August 8
- Konka Crunch Mountain-bike Challenge
- Schalk gets new challenger at Fool's Gold
- Szmyd to Liquigas
- SoCal Interscholastic cycling league launched
- British NPS Downhill #4 to Moelfre
- Boulder Mountainbike Alliance launches bike park fundraising campaign
- Broken neck for Bertolini
- The TransWales summary
- Smog may delay Olympic road race
- Aaron's sweeps Women's Prestige Series
- Borrajo in Beijing
- Sella admits to doping
- Half of CSC in Beijing
- Armstrong returns to racing in Leadville
- Olympic Games - take three for Hermida
- Germans among the favorites for the Tour de l'Ain
- Step by step: Amaël Moinard, France's next big Tour contender?
August 7
- Longo unfazed by Beijing air
- Buchanan debuts in World Cup big final
- Fifth positive possible from Tour
- Fuglsang signs with CSC-Saxo Bank
- Golden Wheelrace returns to T-town
- Eising to Revor
- Menzies makes return at Marion Classic
- Valverde fears Schumacher and Bettini
- Bastianelli and Sella suspended by CONI
- Pendrel wins her first World Cup in Bromont
- Jim Ochowicz: US team ready to repeat
- Sastre – Champion with a heart
- Bettini believes in Spanish-Italian match
- 11 Olympic teams tested
- Olympics mean trouble for Columbia
- Discovering a talented Spaniard
- Germans hope for rain
- Absalon heads south to prepare for Beijing
- Tough beginnings for women in Beijing
- 2009 Grande Boucle Féminine starts in Britain
- U.S. elite road champion will defend title
- Hill returns to top podium step
- Transfer rumour mill churning
- Sauser hopeful despite knee injury
- Rolland: ready to serve in Beijing
- Cyclo-cross skills in print
- Holczer losing hope
August 6
- Tour of Ireland selects final three teams
- Britain and New Zealand outfit Olympians with new aero gear
- Beijing Olympics: The road to success
- British Cycling director optimistic in doping fight
- Le Mevel signs with Française des Jeux
- Eisel re-ups with Columbia
- Scott-American Beef excluded from Vuelta
- Armstrong returns to racing in Leadville
- Japanese scores stage in France
- Judith Arndt: Turning silver to gold
- South Carolina velodrome plans up for review
- Absalon heads south to prepare for Beijing
- Olympic Games leave US national championships wide open
- German impressions from Beijing
- Volksbank with wildcard to Hamburg
- CONI calls Sella
- American cyclists apologize for wearing masks
- Dekker and Rabobank negotiate to part ways
- BMC Team for upcoming races
August 5
- Training crash takes Albasini out of Olympics
- Kvasina proud ahead of Croatia's Olympic cycling debut
- Aussie living in UK wins Felt-Cyclingnews Tour sweepstakes
- Giro's king of the mountain Sella positive for EPO-CERA
- Riccò names supplier
- Bastianelli fronts CONI inquiry
- Deputy pleads not guilty in cyclists' deaths
- Leogrande sues Decanio, Sonye for slander
- Surgery for Dietziker after criterium crash
- Sella and CSF Group face difficulties
- Riders react to Beijing air quality
- Lefevere: Boonen has felt cocaine fallout
- Hamilton: Landis welcome at Rock Racing
- Riders land for Olympic test
- Smiddy charity ride aims for $400,000
- Spanish champion leads team's Olympic charge
August 4
- LPR Brakes-Ballan to Tour of Britain
- Grabsch looking forward to Olympic time trial
- Pic takes women's NRC lead
- Cunego returns to racing in Tre Valli
- Exodus begins at Crédit Agricole
- Rabobank to fight Rasmussen pay
- No Olympics for Gusev following team's dismissal
- Olympics: Evans in for Australia
- Beijing Olympics – will poor air quality mean poor performance?
- Meier gets Garmin-Chipotle gig
- Horner to skip Vuelta
- Aldag more than satisfied with Columbia mix
- Garmin-Chipotle, Liquigas headline Missouri field
- Paulinho out of Olympics
- Criteriums continue
August 3
- FCI turns screws tight on dopers
- Horner breaks collarbone at Elk Grove
- Knaven slip sliding away
- Moncoutié extends with Cofidis
- Sauser hopeful despite knee injury
- Giro Champion Contador hopes for Olympics medal
- Fuglsang signs with CSC-Saxo Bank
- Buchanan debuts in World Cup big final
- Beijing-bound Zabriskie optimistic for Olympic success
- Australia going all out to win in Beijing
- More Criteriums over the weekend
- Eneco Tour to be renamed Benelux Tour in 2009
- Training problems in Beijing
August 2
- Cunego out of Olympics
- Doping raid hits Tour of Guadeloupe
- Valverde passes final test before Beijing
- Verbrugghe's future in doubt after fractured collarbone
- UCI grants wildcard to Australia for Olympic time trial
- Hill returns to top podium step
- Casar extends with Française des Jeux
August 1
- D'Ettorre called in as Beijing reserve
- No Freire in San Sebastián
- Denver fundraiser to support junior cycling
- China: the last frontier?
- Scott-American Beef signs stagiaires
- Hushovd out of Olympics
- Crédit Agricole fails in sponsor quest
- New Dutch pro team forms
- Time running out for Legeay
- Colombians announce doping positives
- Team Columbia sends opportunists to San Sebastián